Hose-supporter.



UNIT-ED" STATE-s Patented September 22, 1903.

.PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO' THE I. B. KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,411, dated September 22, 1903.

Application iled .Tune 20, l 902.

Improvements in Hose-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates particularly tov hose-supporters having at the lower extremities of hose supporting members clasps for engagement with the upper edges of the hose, and the improvement is in the clasp.

The obj ect of this invention is to enable the clasp to obtain a firmer seat upon the button than usual, andl thus more ,securely hold the material in place.

The invention consists of ahose-supporting clasp for carrying out the above objects, embodying the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts having the general mode of operation substantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

In-the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a view of the lower end of a hose-supporting member embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both gures.

A designates the lower portion of a hosesupportingl member, which may be made of tape, elastic or inelastic. n it is bifurcated or made to comprise two overlapping parts a CL2. The part a has attached to its end a loop a3, preferably made of metallic wire and which is made to taper to ward its free end. The other part, a2, has attached to its end portion a button-shaped projection a4, which, as here shown, extends froma base c5 of metal, `slotted to receive stitches whereby it may be secured in position. From the base extends a stud a, and Varound this stud is fitted an eyelet a7. This eyelet is made of suitable rigid unyielding material which is capable of being easily worn away or per-` manently modified in form by the coaction of the loop o'withl it in use. This eyelet, by reason of being made of such rigid vunyielding material, can be made larger than is ab At its extremities i Serial No. 112,412. (No model.)

l solutely necessary for operation with the loop and then worn or permanently deformed so as to be certain of having the proper coaction with the loop. It will preferably be of smooth surface material, such as Celluloid, so that it will not have any abrading effect on the hose.

I am aware that it has been proposed to use rubber of the grade usually employed for leadpencil erasers in buttons of this class, but

with rubber'of this kind the elasticity of the material is the important factor in the operation of the clasp. 'Such material, however, is not very durable.

I ndthat @euuioid is the tesi-.material for use according to my invention, since it will easily become sufiiciently worn or deformed by the action of the loop thereon to operate withv facility, and when worn to nal and dey from, a covering upon the stud in the form o f an eyelet composed of rigid, unyielding ma` terial and formed originally too largefor the engagement of the contracted andtapering portion of the loop therewith, said loop thereby tightly gripping the eyelet so that the rigid and unyielding material of the eyelet which is capable of being easily worn away by c0- action with the tightly-gripping metallic loop, becomes permanently modified in shape and hollowed until the proper bearing is aorded for the loop upon the eyelet, the surface of the eyelet being smooth to prevent an abrading effect on the material held between the eyelet and the loop, for subsi antially the pur- POses set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I havel signed'my 

